Latvia throws up a weekend full of surprises
Jeffrey Herlings, Tommy Searle, Zach Osborne and Jake Nicholls are just a few of the riders that walk away from Latvia with mixed emotions.
All the above suffered race 2 DNF’s which at this level was probably unheard of. But we must congratulate Joel Roelants for a deserved overall win, Joel even had time to stop for goggles mid-race. Jeremy Van Horebeek finished runner up and team mate Jordi Tixier third.
Tony Cairoli and Kevin Strijbos shared races wins in MX1 the latter being Roger Magee’s first ever MX1 GP victory – congrats to him and the HM Plant KTM UK team. Infact KTM walked away with a 1-2-3 in MX1 with Ken De Dycker in second and Strijbos third.
All roads now lead to Russia for round 11 next weekend.
Images by Ray Chuss
A great ride by Rui Goncalves
A rather still Zach Osborne bike
An off day for Seb Pourcel
Big Ken taking advice and it must have worked
Certainly not the only bike smoking today
Gert Krestinov making an appearance in Latvia
Herlings fans out in force
Jake Nicholls was superb in moto 1 but in moto 2 he suffered a big off
Jonathan Barragan
Jordi Tixier was solid in both motos
Kevin Strijbos with his first GP win in 5 years
Matiss Karro fans were out in force
MX1 start with TC222 just ahead
Not sure who this is but the track was a skating rig in moto 2
Sandy mud weird surface when wet
Sunshine and rain a mixed day for the weather
The crowd got behind all riders throughout the weekend
The moment in moto 2 that Tommy Searle would never had dreamt of
The MX Panda didnt look himself
Tony Cairoli now has the MX1 redplate
Results
MX1
| 1 | 34 | Roelants, Joel | BEL | FMB | Kawasaki | 25 | 22 | 47 |
| 2 | 89 | van Horebeek, Jeremy | BEL | FMB | KTM | 20 | 25 | 45 |
| 3 | 911 | Tixier, Jordi | FRA | FFM | KTM | 16 | 20 | 36 |
| 4 | 25 | Coldenhoff, Glenn | NED | KNMV | KTM | 13 | 16 | 29 |
| 5 | 17 | Butron, Jose | ESP | RFME | KTM | 15 | 14 | 29 |
| 6 | 6 | Anstie, Max | GBR | AMA | Honda | 7 | 18 | 25 |
| 7 | 84 | Herlings, Jeffrey | NED | KNMV | KTM | 22 | 3 | 25 |
| 8 | 7 | Tonus, Arnaud | SUI | FMS | Yamaha | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| 9 | 461 | Febvre, Romain | FRA | FFM | KTM | 14 | 10 | 24 |
| 10 | 51 | Getteman, Jens | BEL | FMB | Suzuki | 8 | 13 | 2 |
MX1
| 1 | 222 | Cairoli, Antonio | ITA | FMI | KTM | 25 | 22 | 47 |
| 2 | 9 | de Dycker, Ken | BEL | FMB | KTM | 22 | 20 | 42 |
| 3 | 22 | Strijbos, Kevin | BEL | FMB | KTM | 11 | 25 | 36 |
| 4 | 999 | Goncalves, Rui | POR | FMP | Honda | 20 | 16 | 36 |
| 5 | 21 | Paulin, Gautier | FRA | MCM | Kawasaki | 18 | 15 | 33 |
| 6 | 25 | Desalle, Clement | BEL | FMB | Suzuki | 14 | 18 | 32 |
| 7 | 4 | Leok, Tanel | EST | EMF | Suzuki | 15 | 14 | 29 |
| 8 | 24 | Simpson, Shaun | GBR | ACU | Yamaha | 13 | 13 | 26 |
| 9 | 777 | Bobryshev, Evgeny | RUS | MFR | Honda | 16 | 10 | 26 |
| 10 | 121 | Boog, Xavier | FRA | FFM | Kawasaki | 10 | 12 | 22 |
